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UK pampering
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Free: £10 Hippychick voucher! Reasons to book via/quoting babygoes2.....
Quote babygoes2 when enquiring about any of the properties/hotels featured on the site*, and if you then make a booking and confirm it back to us (booking@babygoes2.com) we'll send you a £10 Hippychick voucher (great for holiday essentials as well as unique nursery products) completely FREE . You'll also benefit from exclusive giveaways and discounts. AND you'll also gain babycame2 points for each booking which will give you discounts of up to £150 off your next holiday. More points available for insurance, car hire and for referring friends.
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| Why pampering?
If you’re normally spending many waking hours looking after your little one(s), then what better break than to have someone else care for them, while you indulge in the mother of all pampering fests! Here, we recommend some of the UK’s best spa-ing partners when BabyGoes2:
log on, book in, bliss out!
Things to think about:
- Treatments generally cost extra
- Book treatments in advance if you can: there’s nothing worse than arriving to find that therapists are fully booked
- Book childcare in advance to ensure that while you’re being pampered, your child can also being cared for
BabyGoes2 has some excellent recommendations of top spots for blissful pampering worldwide. Try Vila Vita Parc in Portugal or the Anassa in Cyprus which come highly recommended and have top notch childcare. Further afield try Le St Geran and La Residence in Mauritius, la Mallihouana in Anguilla or Beaches in Turks and Caicos. Most destinations in our luxury hotels section have excellent spas and plenty of childcare, so you're certain to find one to suit. Don't forget to let us know how you got on and to recommend your top treatment...
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Babygoes2 recommends properties which are suitable for babies or toddlers for a variety of reasons (go to first stop). None of these properties however is 100% child-safe. All of the property descriptions are the opinion of BabyGoes2 and not the individual property owner or tour operator. Prices, while as accurate as possible, are for guidance only. Check late deals and members offers for any price reductions or offers.
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Bedruthan Steps, Mawgan |
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Bedruthan Steps, Mawgan, Porth, Cornwall |
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Excellent, family hotel situated in six acres of grounds and gardens on the North Cornish coastline, with views over Mawgan Porth bay, and offering a range of activities for adults and children at very reasonable prices. |
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All bedrooms are equipped with en suite bathrooms, refrigerators, tea-making facilities and babylistening. For couples, there are hotel suites with twin or four-poster beds and spa baths. Families can choose open-plan hotel suites or the privacy offered by interconnecting rooms. Villa suites have private terraces with sunloungers, leading on to a large lawn and children's play area.
Apartment suites, located to one side of the hotel, have two bedrooms. Most have separate sitting rooms, and terraces with sunloungers. |
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Indoor and outdoor pool, gym and health and beauty spa. There's a casino, plus entertainments including a quiz night, disco and salsa dancing. The hotel also has a large selection of board games |
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A wide variety of treatments, and special 'spa days' including 2 hrs childcare from £20. Treatments include Aromatic steam room Huge Hydro-Spa,Sauna and plunge pool, the Elemis Aromapure range,Aromatherapy massage, Sports massage, Indian head massage, Algae body wraps, Facials Bronzing Treatments
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Seven play areas for different ages, plus children's activities. The Tadpoles is for 0-1 year olds, the Minnows for 2-year-olds, the Dolphins for 3- to 6-year-olds (some need pre-booking). Baby equipment can be pre-booked. Early supper 4-6pm and children's menu including delights such as dirt and worm pie! |
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a sandy beach lies just in front of the hotel - and is reached via a five-minute walk down a footpath |
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Reopens 24 Mar. Adults from £41 (low season)-£69 (high season) per person per night for dinner, bed and breakfast. Children sharing room with two adults: babies up to 11 months £8 per day; 1-2 years £10-£17; 3-6 years £21-£35 (Taking children's suppers). Children in large suites or separate rear-view accommodation: 0-12 years 75% of hotel suite price |
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Woolley Grange, Bradford on Avon |
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Woolley Grange, Woolley Green, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
www.luxury-family-hotels.co.uk/ |
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Woolley Grange pioneered the way for many other country hotels to pay particular attention to their younger visitors. A grand Jacobean stone manor house, set in 14 acres of gardens, it was one of the first hotels to positively welcome children while also retaining adult appeal by keeping the well-equipped children's "den" (converted from an old coach house) separate from the main building (although, conveniently, it's only across the courtyard). In addition, there's an outdoor play area and plenty of rolling countryside nearby to explore.
Best of all staff actually take time to smile and chat to your child as you explore the hotel's endless nooks and crannies. It offers guests (of all ages!) a combination of luxury hotel and cosy guest house. |
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Outdoor pool, table tennis, croquet. Treatments available including massage and facials |
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The Den nursery (open 10am-6pm supervised by experienced staff), The Den house games room (for older children).
Baby listening services from all bedrooms; babysitters are also available. |
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Woolley Green is located on the fringe of the medieval wool town, Bradford on Avon, and just 8 miles from the historic city of Bath |
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Approx. 2 hours from London by car. Nearest train stations Bradford on Avon (1 mile), Bath Spa (8 miles) and Chippenham (10 miles) |
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£99-265 per room B&B incl |
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Moonfleet Manor |
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Moonfleet Manor Fleet Weymouth, Dorset
www.moonfleetmanor.com |
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Set amid idyllic countryside overlooking Chesil Beach, Moonfleet Manor is both a luxury hotel and a family resort. The use of a variety of unusual antiques and objects from around the world lends a refreshing and individual style to this comfortable hotel.
There's an excellent range of amenities which ensure that grown-ups can have a luxurious weekend while the kids have a great time too |
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Tennis, squash, indoor pool, solarium, sauna, games room |
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The Den nursery (open 10am-6pm supervised by experienced staff). Children as young as one can be looked after in a tiny tots' corner, there's an extensive range of activities for older children. Baby listening services from all bedrooms. Baby-sitters also available |
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By car 2 hours from London |
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Weymouth (7 miles) |
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Take the A354 from Dorchester to Weymouth then the B3157 to Bridport; then turn left at the mini-roundabout heading for the sea. Moonfleet manor is at the end of the road. |
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7 miles from Weymouth, close to beaches, towns, great walks |
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£95-220 per room B&B (incl VAT) |
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Catered Cottage |
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Catered Cottage, Wheatcroft Nr. Matlock, Derbyshire. www.cateredcottage.com Contact: Tel: 07754994199 , Email: susan@nutbeam.flyer.co.uk |
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Catered Cottage is the perfect solution for people who want to escape to the country for a weekend without the formality of hotels and the chores of self-catering.
For a truly relaxing weekend, somebody else to do the shopping, cleaning, and delight the palette with home cooked, well-presented, dinner-party style evening meals (children have the choice of having a high tea or eating with adults). During summer, you can eat al fresco on the terrace overlooking the garden and stunning valley below. On a chilly evening, enjoy a candlelit dinner and snug wood-burning stove.
Catered Cottage is a special blend of home cooked good food, relaxed living, a homely atmosphere and real countryside.
Special diets catered for – if you need a gluten free diet or are vegetarian, Vegan or diabetic, Susan will cater for you. |
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Sleeps 6 – two double bedrooms and 2 single bedrooms.
Large living room has wood-burning stove, TV, DVD and CD player. Separate dining room has stunning views and also on the ground floor is a bathroom with toilet, and a small lobby.
Outside there is a terrace and country garden. Opposite the cottage is off-road parking for 3 cars. |
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Tramway Museum, Wingfield Manor, walks and climbs, Chatsworth House, Chatsworth Farm and Adventure Playground, and Family cycling.
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Approx 2.5 hours from London by car – 15 minutes from Junction 28 of M1. Nearest train stations – Matlock and Alfreton.
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Prices start from £240 per day for up to 4 people and include breakfast, afternoon tea and a 3-course evening meal. High tea is cooked specially for those who are not old enough to have dinner with adults - ingredients are cooked separately so mum can choose what has to be blended for baby meals. |
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Celtic Manor Resort, Newport |
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Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales. www.celtic-manor.com |
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£100m, 400-room, five-star resort, set in 1,400 acres of parkland, close to Severn Bridge. A world away from your cosy, rural hotel retreat, but with plenty to recommend it and with every facility to hand. |
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400 en-suite rooms, including 32 suites and family rooms, all with tea/coffee making, TV, satellite. |
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40 function rooms, 4 restaurants, 3 championship golf courses and 2 health clubs and spa: the Forum Health Club and Spa was awarded the highest rating of 5 wave status by the British International Spa Association recently. Indoor pool; snooker; gym; putting; gym; solarium; jacuzzi; garden; golf academy spa with beauty treatments. |
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Little ones of all ages are welcomed and can be taken care of in creche, hideaway club or teen gym. |
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Leave M4 at J24, take A48 towards Newport town centre. Celtic Manor is 1st right turn past Alcatel; from motorway: M4 Jct24; nearest station: Newport. |
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Standard double from £153 |
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Ickworth
Hotel and Dower Apartments |
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The
Ickworth Hotel and Dower apartments |
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The
newest member of the excellent Luxury Family Hotels
group is
set in a wing of Ickworth House set in an idyllic
location surrounded by
1800 acres of English parkland, just outside Bury
St Edmunds in Suffolk,on;y
45 miles from Stansted, 25 miles from Cambridge
and just 6 miles from Bury
St Edmunds train station. A wonderful place to relax,
it offers cycling,
swimming, horse-riding and walking opportuntiies
and has a fab spa and
indoor pool. Stylish, comfotable and very child-friendly,
it's a great place
to spend anything from a night to a couple of weeks. |
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27
beautifully appointed, chic, luxurious and very
comfortable
bedrooms. Also available the Dower House apartments.
These 11 exclusive
apartments are set in a corner of the estate and
are idea for families. Each
apartment is individually designed amnd has luxurious
bed linen and is very
comfortable. Almost all the apartments have small
dishwasher/fride and oven
for the preparation of light snacks. Laundry room
available. There are DVDs
and board games for hire. Guests have all the facilities
of the hotel, which
just a short cycle ride (cycles free for guests)away.
They are a great
choice and unique in that they offer plenty of space
and flexibility and yet
all the facilities of a hotel.Highly recommended. |
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Excellent
restuarant and Italian cafe or lounge for tea. Superb
indoor swimming pool, and comprehensive Aquae Sulis
spa for serious pampering and relaxation. Plenty
of activities including horse riding For childcare:
Supervised creche (Four Bears Den)open 10-am to
5pm and high tea is served for the children when
the Den closes. For babies and younger children.
For older children ther is Club/Blu with table tennis,
table football, computer games, adventure playground,
nature trails. Children sharing parents room stay
fre of charge.There are interconnecting rooms, cots
and extra beds available. |
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45
miles from Stansted, 25 miles from Cambridge, easily
accessible by
plane, road and rail. |
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standard
doubles from £150 per night inc breakfast,
£190 per night inc breakfast and dinner. Dower
apartments from around £500 for 4 nights mid
week, £580 for a 3 night weekend. (one bed)
and £710 for a 2 bed appt for a weekend (sleeps
up to 4 adults and children)works out at just £50
per adult per night. |
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